Forget having a healthy dose of cynicism – trusting others could add years to your life, a study suggests. Researchers found that men and women who believe in the kindness of strangers are likely to live longer than their more suspicious friends. Seeing the best in others seems to be particularly good for the heart, with deaths from cardiac problems 13 per cent less likely. Researchers found that men and women who believe in the kindness of strangers are likely to live longerThe study compared death records with answers to a question on trust in a long-running US survey. They found that men were more trusting than women and married and older people were generally more optimistic.

Source: Daily Mail July 17, 2020 21:02 UTC